Credit distribution for cohort 2019 and onwards
| New 4 year degree |
Advanced standing I |
Advanced standing II |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gateway education | ||||
| Distributional area requirements / College-specified courses | 21 | 12 | 9 | |
| English | 6 | 6 | 3 | |
| Chinese civilisation - History and philosophy | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| College requirement | 6 | 6 | 0 | |
| Programme requirement | ||||
| Foundation-year courses 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| Core: Major | 24 | 24 | 24 | |
| Capstone experience | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
| Core: Stream | 12 | 12 | 12 | |
| Electives: Stream | 15 | 15 | 15 | |
| Minor or free electives | 27 | 9 | 0 | |
| Total no. of credit units | ||||
| Minimum | 120 | 90 | 63 | |
| Maximum | 144 | 114 | 84 | |
1. Students of second major and students changed to the Major will follow the Advanced Standing I curriculum and will be required to take one designated Foundation-year course, i.e. EN2722 (3 credit units) (only applicable to normative 4-year degree students and students admitted with Advanced Standing I). ASII students will be exempted from the Foundation-year courses.
Credit distribution for cohort 2016, 2017 and 2018
| New 4 year degree |
Advanced standing I |
Advanced standing II |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gateway education | ||||
| Distributional area requirements / College-specified courses | 21 | 12 | 9 | |
| English | 6 | 6 | 3 | |
| Chinese civilisation - History and philosophy | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| College requirement 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | |
| Programme requirement | ||||
| Foundation-year courses 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| Core: Major | 18 | 18 | 18 | |
| Core: Stream | 18 | 18 | 18 | |
| Electives: Stream | 15 | 15 | 15 | |
| Minor or free electives | 27 | 9 | 0 | |
| Total no. of credit units | ||||
| Minimum | 120 | 90 | 63 | |
| Maximum | 144 | 114 | 84 | |
2. Students of 2015 entry or before transferred from another department of CLASS to the Major will be required to take 15 / 9 credit units of College Requirement for normative four-year degree / Advanced Standing I. Normative four-year degree and Advanced Standing I students transferred from departments outside CLASS to the Major in 2016/17 and thereafter will be required to take 6 credit units of College Requirement.
3. Students of second major and students changed to the Major will follow the Advanced Standing I curriculum and will be required to take one designated Foundation-year course, i.e. EN2720 (3 credit units) (only applicable to normative 4-year degree students and students admitted with Advanced Standing I). ASII students will be exempted from the Foundation-year courses.